Plant & Krauss U.S. Dates

ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS WORLDWIDE TOUR KICKS OFF APRIL 20
TOUR TO FEATURE T BONE BURNETT IN SPECIAL ROLE
CMT CROSSROADS RAISING SAND SPECIAL SET TO DEBUT FEBRUARY 11

Plant & Krauss

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, whose Raising Sand (review here) album has emerged as one of the past year’s major critical and word-of-mouth sales success stories, will begin an extensive U.S. and European tour April 20 with a brief run of dates in the mid-South. The two lauded musicians will then embark on an 11 date tour of Europe in May before commencing more North American dates for June and July (to be announced). With a band led by Raising Sand producer T Bone Burnett, they will be performing songs together onstage from Raising Sand, as well as other songs from their careers.

Previewing the tour, on February 11, CMT will air “CMT Crossroads: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss,” featuring performances of songs from Raising Sand as well as material from both artists’ extensive catalogs.

Raising Sand debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart following its October 23 release on Rounder Records and was certified RIAA Gold soon after. “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On),” the first single from Raising Sand, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of “Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals.” The song is the only track from the album eligible for this year’s Grammy Awards. The album and subsequent tracks from Raising Sand will be eligible for nominations next year, at the 51st annual awards.

Raising Sand Tour Dates (more dates TBA)
*Tickets for North American shows will go on sale Friday, January 25
04/20/08 Sun The Louisville Palace Louisville, KY
04/22/08 Tue Knoxville Coliseum Knoxville, TN
04/23/08 Wed Memorial Auditorium Chattanooga, TN
04/26/08 Sat BJCC Arena Birmingham, AL
05/05/08 Mon National Indoor Arena (NIA) Birmingham, UK
05/07/08 Wed Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK
05/08/08 Thu Cardiff International Arena Cardiff, UK
05/10/08 Sat Philipshalle Dusseldorf, GER
05/11/08 Sun Forest National Brussels, BEL
05/13/08 Tue Grand Rex Paris, FRA
05/14/08 Wed Heineken Music Hall Amsterdam, NL
05/16/08 Fri Hovet Stockholm, SWE
05/18/08 Sun Oslo Spektrum Oslo, NOR
05/19/08 Mon Bergenshalle Bergen, NOR
05/22/08 Thu Wembley Arena London, UK